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RECEIPT AN D RECORD BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,776, dated December 30, 1890.

Application filed December 12,1887. Serial No. 257,608. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUGO LOEWENBACH, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of WVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receipt and Record Books; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to receipt and record books, such as are used by merchants, manufacturers, and others in shipping freight and express matter, and will be fully set forth hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of one form of myimproved device,which I term a duplicate book. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through another form of my device, which I term a block-book. Fig. 3 represents the narrow and wide leaves used in the form of my device shown in Fig. 2. Fig. at shows the style of leaf used in the form of my device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan view, part-1y broken away, of the righthand cover of my device. Fig. 6 is a view of the carbon-sheet clamp. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of another form of my device, which I term a triplicate book. Fig. 8 is a transverse section of the same. Fig. 9 is a detail view showing the arrangement of leaves in the form of my device shown in Figs 7 and 8. Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail view showing the manner of securing a carbon-sheet to its holder by a clamp, and Fig. 11 is an enlarged detail view of said clamp. Fig. 12 is aview of my improved book detached from the cover, and Fig. 1-3 another, view of the same with its tongue extended to enter the coverpocket.

My present invention is, in part,an improvement on the devices shown in my prior applications filed July 16, 1886, and May 10, 1887, under Serial Nos. 208,170 and' 237,676, respectively.

Heretofore an objection to the use of this class of receipt and record or shipping books has existed from the fact that the handling of the carbon-sheets in the necessary adj ustment for duplicate or triplicate entries not only occupied considerable time, but,furtl1er, was apt to unpleasantly blacken the fingers and also to soil whatever object was next touched by said fingers, and various methods have been devised to overcome such objection, the principal one being to permanently bind or secure the carbon-sheets to place (as by stitching or a line of paste at the back) between the leaves of every set throughout the book or block to be used; but this involves the use of a needless quantity of carbon-paper, as such sheets were torn outwith the detachable leaves, and hence these devices greatly added to the cost of the books, all of which objections are obviated in my present device. A represents the right-hand side of the bookcover, and A the left-hand side, united by the to the book B, which latter is provided with a tongue B, (preferably united to the book B by a cloth hinge b Z) Z) 19 which is slipped into a pocket at, (which may be conveniently formed by pasting or securing the edgesa' of a piece or strip A of suitable fabric or other material to the inner surface of the side A of the book and cover are held togethertill the former is used up, when a new book may be in similar manner slippedinto the cover.

O is the carbon-sheet holder, and it consists of a skeleton frame or wire bent to form three sides ofa square and with downturned ends 0, which bear against and preferably enter perforations in the cover side A, and near these ends are springs D, which serve to hold down the holder 0 against the cover side A.

F is the sheet or piece of carbon-paper, and in the forms shown in Figs. 1 and 2, which represent my duplicate book and block, only one edge of this sheet is wrapped around the front or outer portion of the holder 0 and secured thereto by the clamp E, while in the triplicate form of my device (shown in Figs.

necessarily a sheet having carbon surfaces on both sides) is folded centrally over the said portion of the holder 0 and secured, as before, by the clamp E, which has inturned spring edges 6 e, as shown in the detail views, Figs. 10 and 11.

.My duplicate books (shown in Fig. 1) are composed of a series of sheets, such as are usual back A but not permanently fastened the cover, as shown in Fig. 5,) and thereby.

7 and 8) the carbon-sheet F (in this instance shown in Fig. 4:, which sheets are originally provided with two vertical rows of perforations or indentations (Z f, and then each sheet is folded 011 the line of perforations (l, which makes one wide leaf G, having a stub g between the line of perforations (Z and the other line f nearest the righthand edge of the original sheet, and one narrow leaf II, which forms the left-hand portion of the original sheet between the left-hand edge and the said line of perforations (I. Then these folded sheets, with their alternate narrow and wide leaves, are placed together with their left-hand edges (at the line of the original perforations (l) evenly in line and the partb of the described cloth hinge glued thereto, (and, if desired, there maybe a line of stitches or other fasteners near the rear edge, also as shown at h in Fig. 13, though this is seldom necessary,) and the tongue B is slipped to place back of the last folded sheet and the cloth of the hinge brought over and glued to the said rear sheet, and then the cloth is cut on the lines i 1', Fig. 12, as far back as the back piece I), thus leaving end portions b Z1 fast to the rear sheet of the book and a central portion 1) fast to the tongue B, which can be turned back, as shown in Fig. 13, thereby forming of the said parts I) Z) b Z1 of the cloth a hinge to unite the tongue B and sheets together and forming of said sheets a book B.

The part G of the original sheets (shown in Fig. 4) may be printed with any suitable heading above the lines I, while the narrow part II would be similarly printed on the op posite side above the dotted lines I.

In use the tongue B of the book B is slipped to place within the pocket to of the side A of the cover, as already described, and the carbon-sheet l, which lies on top of the upper leaf II, maybe adjusted between a leaf II and the leaf G beneath it by drawing this leaf II above the carbon without touching the latter and the entry made on,the said leaf II and of course simultaneously on the leaf G, which latter may then be detached at the line of perforations f, leaving the permanent leaf II and stub g still attached to the cloth back I); or, if it is not desired to retain any leaf in the book, (and it is not stitched,) the leaf II and the stub g may be pulled away from said cloth back b. However, where it is not desired to retain any sheet or stub in the book, the form shown in Fig. .2, and which I term a blockbook, is preferable as being simpler, and in this case the narrow leaves II and wider leaves G may be independent sheets, as shown in Fig. 3, merely held together by the glue which unites their back edges to the cloth back I) of the cloth hinge described, the said blockbook being provided with a hinged tongue B and cover with a pocket therefor, as before described, and shown in said Fig. 2.

The triplicate book shown in Figs. 7 and S is of generally the same construction, except that between the folded leaves II and G of the original sheets described there is slipped a single leaf J, (preferably a little wider than the leaf II and narrower than the leaf G,) having a vertical line of perforations or indentations k, to the left of which is thereby left a stub j, all as shown in Fig. 9. Of course these three leaves It .I G might be independent sheets, if preferred, and simply glued together at their back edges to make a triplicate block-hook, or united by a line of stitches or other fastenings, as indicated at h h, if desired, the books having hinged tongues B for uniting them to their covers, as described, in all the several forms shown and described. The front portions of the leaves G and J, which project beyond the leaves H, may have the words Tear this out printed on them, as shown, to avoid removing the wrong leaf by accident in the hasty use of my device.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a receipt and record book having a tongue attached thereto with a detachable cover provided with a pocket for said tongue and a spring-secured skeleton-frame carbon-sheet holder, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a receipt and record book having a tongue attached thereto with a detachable cover provided with a pocket for said tongue, a skeleton frame secured by springs to said cover, a sheet of carbon-paper on said frame, and a clamp for securing the frame and carbon-paper together, substantially as set forth.

3. In a receipt and record book, the combination of a series of sheets, each folded together so that each leaf is of different width from the adjacent leaves and united at the back edges by glue with a tongue, and a piece of cloth forming a hinge-connection between said tongue and the book formed of said sheets, substantially as set forth.

at. In a receipt and record book, the combination of a series of sheets, each sheet having two parallel rows of vertical perforations near the center thereof and folded together on the line of one of said rows and united at the folded back edges, withacloth back glued to said back edges, forming a book consisting of alternate narrow imperforate leaves and wider leaves having a vertical row of perforations near the rear edge, whereby either the wide leaves may be removed, leaving narrow stubs in their place, or artentire sheet or set consistingof a narrow and wide leaf may be removed bodily, as preferred.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of \Viscousin, in the presence of two witnesses.

.IIUGO LOEWENBAOII.

lvitnesses:

H. G. UNDERWOOD, \VM. KLUG. 

